pedicellus

Latin

pedicellus

1. The base of the antenna of some insects

From pedīculus (“little foot”) +‎ -lus (diminutive ending), the former itself a diminutive of pēs (“foot”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pe.diːˈkel.lus/, [pɛd̪iːˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.diˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [ped̪iˈt͡ʃɛlːus]

pedīcellus m (genitive pedīcellī); second declension (New Latin)

1. little foot

Second-declension noun.

• → English: pedicel
• → French: pédicelle
• → Italian: pedicello (ety. 1)
• → Portuguese: pedicelo
• → Spanish: pedicelo

From pēdīculus +‎ -lus (diminutive ending), the former itself a diminutive of pēdis (“louse”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /peː.diːˈkel.lus/, [peːd̪iːˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.diˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [ped̪iˈt͡ʃɛlːus]

pēdīcellus m (genitive pēdīcellī); second declension (Late Latin)

1. a little louse

Second-declension noun.

• Italian: pedicello (ety. 2)
• Romanian: păducel (← *peducellus)

• “pedicellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pedicellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.